fat cat

modifier

: the fat-cat cases, where big money is involved/ whether fat-cat contributors or New Hampshire coffee-klatschers

noun phrase

Any privileged and well-treated person, esp a wealthy benefactor; tycoon: A millionaire fat-cat who, when the revolution comes, will probably be allowed to keep at least one of his chauffeurs/ the late arrival even of such famous ''fat cats''/ had jousted with Nelson Rockefeller at a formal dinner for fat cats

verb

: ''fat-catting'' ...a term applied to higher leaders who try to pad themselves with special privileges and comforts(1928+)

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.Cite This Source

Idioms and Phrases with fat cat

fat cat

A wealthy and privileged person, as in This neighborhood, with its million-dollar estates, is full of fat cats. This term originally meant “a rich contributor to a political campaign,” and while this usage persists, it now is often applied more broadly, as in the example.
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